[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 996 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 996
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure an
adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 6, 2003
Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Leahy, and Ms. Stabenow)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure an
adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commodity Distribution Act of
2003''.
SEC. 2. COMMODITY PURCHASES UNDER SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.
Section 6(e) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1755(e)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``in the form of'' and all that
follows through ``(A) commodity assistance'' and
inserting ``in the form of commodity assistance'';
(B) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a period;
and
(C) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``the Secretary shall, to the
extent necessary,'' and inserting ``the Secretary--
``(A) shall, to the extent necessary,'';
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting
``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) shall not use commodities provided under the
authority of any other Act to meet the requirement for the
school year.''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on October
1, 2003.
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